Matched Students Fulfill Dreams
03/17/2017At exactly noon Friday, with her teenage daughters at her side, UCF medical student Kesha Thomas (below) took one more deep breath, whispered a prayer...
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News & Information Archive
Residency Programs Growing With UCF Graduates
03/17/2017UCF and Hospital Corporation of America’s joint residency programs gained more than 100 new physicians after National Match Day results and nine of the new...
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Med School Open House Welcomes High School Students
03/16/2017She is only in the tenth grade, but Apopka High School student, Racquelle Moxey has already had her first day at medical school. Moxey was...
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Twenty Students Inducted Into Med School Honor Society
03/10/2017Jeremy Driscoll’s path to medicine included a few detours and about-turns.Only a few years ago, he was bent on going to law school after getting...
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Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?
03/06/2017 Calvin Kai Ku may not be a physician, but he has spent a large part of the last seven years working in hospitals to...
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Match Day Is March 17!
03/03/2017Med school seniors will match into their residencies on Friday, March 17 at noon. National Match Day is the culmination of medical students’ fourth year,...
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Investigation and Discovery Ignited At FIRE Conference
02/24/2017Can a mobile phone app help adolescent girls suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome live a healthy lifestyle? How does sleep interruption affect children staying in...
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Robot Mom Gives OB-GYN Students First Delivery Experience
02/22/2017On February 20, third-year medical student Karen Lu delivered her first baby. “I was definitely a little nervous because I’ve never done this before, but...
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Med Students Honor ‘First Patients’ In Autopsy Presentations
02/17/2017The students’ first patient was a retired tax preparation and legal professional when she died at 94. And before her death, she’d enjoyed a pedicure...
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A ‘Hart’ for Medicine – Honor Student Receives Medical Board Award
02/17/2017A young Sarah Hart initially thought she wanted to become a dolphin trainer when she grew up. But having to assist with a few family...
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Student Promotes Family Medicine, Diversity
02/17/2017Medical Student James Lee is passionate about improving primary care for patients and increasing the diversity of those who provide that care. His appointment as...
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Zora Community Welcomes Student-Run Health Checks
02/06/2017For the last eight years, 48 year-old teaching assistant Alfreda Ryles has traveled over 90 miles from Tampa to attend the Zora Festival of the...
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